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The function implements the functionality similar to `itertools.zip_longest`, which merges multiple iterable objects. If one of the iterable objects runs out, it uses `fillvalue` to fill.
Technology Stack : Built-in function
Code Type : Function
Code Difficulty : Intermediate
def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=0):
iters = [iter(arg) for arg in args]
while True:
result = []
for i, it in enumerate(iters):
try:
result.append(next(it))
except StopIteration:
iters[i] = iter([fillvalue])
result.append(fillvalue)
yield tuple(result)